(1) A person shall not:
(a) insult a member of a court martial, a judge advocate, a Defence Force magistrate or a summary authority in or in relation to the exercise of his or her powers or functions as such a member, judge advocate, magistrate or authority, as the case may be;
(b) interrupt the proceedings of a service tribunal;
(c) create a disturbance or take part in creating or continuing a disturbance in or near a place where a service tribunal is sitting; or
(d) do any other act or thing that would, if a service tribunal were a court of record, constitute a contempt of that court.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 6 months or 10 penalty units.
(1A) An offence under this section is an offence of strict liability.
Note: For strict liability , see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code .
(2) In this section:
"judge advocate" has the same meaning as in the Defence Force Discipline Act 1982 .
"summary authority" has the same meaning as in the Defence Force Discipline Act 1982 .